feeling refreshed; feeling relieved
plan; measure; means; scheme; policy
to come crashing down; to crumble to pieces; to collapse completely
suicide bombing (e.g. crashing one's plane into a target); self-destruction; blowing oneself up
clearing out people (from a room, etc.); ordering people to leave
to write (e.g. a letter); to draw up (a document); to take down (e.g. notes); to have (lunch, dinner, etc.); to eat
unexpected; unlikely; terrible; awful; very; extremely
god of pestilence; god who spreads infectious diseases; jinx; hoodoo; pest
to lie down; to throw oneself down
rivalry; feud; conflict; dispute; struggle; strife
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
time of departure; (on the) point of departure; just as one is leaving
greedy; grasping; tightfisted; predatory (e.g. business); calculating; avaricious
similar but different; alike only in appearance; falsely similar; spurious; sham; pseudo-
moving about in confusion; going every which way; going this way and that
meeting; assembly; association; conjunction
to lay bare; to expose; to reveal
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
to be forestalled; to fall behind; to be one step behind
grand; luxurious; lavish; great; large; big (e.g. storm)
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
to pass on (a message, thoughts, etc.); to convey; to inform (of a visitor, phone call, etc.); to announce (a visitor); to act as an agent (between a manufacturer, wholesaler, etc. and retailers); to act as an intermediary
suicide (carried out with a blade, gun, etc.)
way (of doing); manner; method
financial muscle; economic clout
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
absolute monarch; despot; autocrat; tyrant
to be sharp; to be keen; to be on the ball; to have a mind like a steel trap; to be clever
to warm (up); to heat (up)
rash; eruption (in response to a skin irritant); influence; crazy about; having an affectation concerning all things surrounding something (esp. a language, a culture, etc.)
source of funds; source of money
area under direct control (of the shogun)
to chip (off); to shave off; to sharpen; to dampen (one's enthusiasm, interest, etc.); to reduce
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
push; pushing; weight; pressure; authority; forcefulness
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
close friendship; close friend; good friend; intimate relations; sexual intercourse; sex
falling together; mutual destruction; joint bankruptcy
disturbance; riot; mayhem
complete ignorance (usu. in reference to feigning); lack of knowledge
to jar; to creak; to grate